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EA’s announced G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra this morning, to release on August 7 alongside the live-action movie of the same name. It’s an all-platform effort, and will take up where the movie leaves off. It includes a co-op mode, but multiplayer and DLC were not mentioned. See? Sometimes old toys do come back […]

The is life after Ziff Davis. A bunch of the old staff from the 1UP Show have launched Co-Op, a new program with a distinctly 1UPy feel. Watch the first episode here. The newly-formed production company behind it, Area 5, can be found here. Ex EGM ed Dan Hsu looks to be leading the charge. […]

OXM’s posted a movie of split-screen co-op from the Resident Evil 5 demo released in Japan today. Get it here. It looks as though the content’s the same stuff as was shown at the Eurogamer Expo earlier this year, containing the chap with the chainsaw and a bag on his head. This clip’s got a […]

Speaking to IGN at BlizzCon, Blizzard boss Rob Pardo’s said the final number of players to be allowed in a Diablo III co-op party has yet to be decided, and that the team is “worried” that too many cooks may spoil the broth. “We’re a little bit worried that if you go up to too […]

1UP’s posting a new Resident Evil 5 trailer from Tokyo Game Show this evening, releasing the footage at 5pm PST, or 1am BST. “While we don’t want to give away too many details before the video is up, trust when we say that Resident Evil fans will want to be paying attention, as this includes […]

The scale of Far Cry 2, as well as the fact the game’s engine was a proprietary affair, prevented the inclusion of co-op in the upcoming shooter sequel, VG247 was told in London last week. “The first thing was that the environment is so huge, and we pushed the engine really to the limit… the […]

Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has told VG247 that all Fable II single-player saves are to be horded on one server for the purpose of filtering them back down in the game’s intriguing co-op “orb” system, that allows you to let players into your game through floating balls of light in your version of Albion. “All […]

The next issue of EGM’s promising 20 new shots of Resident Evil 5 and an interview with producer Jun Takeuchi. Apparently the piece contains news a system to deal with co-op griefers, as in people who drop into your game purely to mess it up. More here.

Speaking to Videogamer, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has claimed that Fable II’s online co-op has only been possible because of the way Live’s structured, and that PS3′s online offering isn’t as “mature” as 360′s. “The thing I love about the 360 more than anything is nothing to do with the hardware, it’s all to do […]

Speaking to VG247 yesterday, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux said that it was his “ambition” to include online co-op in Fable II in a first day patch, and that everything was “going well” to achieve the goal. “It is a very usual thing with anything to do with co-op and it relies upon the Live service,” […]

Oh dear. This isn’t going to go down well. This GamesScoreBlog post‘s confirmed that Fable II isn’t going to ship with online co-op, as promised. The feature’s going to be added at a later date as it’s still being “tweaked”. From the entry: We just got word that while we will be able to play […]

Activision’s released an official co-op trailer of Call of Duty: World at War, and it’s all looking just dandy from where we’re sitting. There’s no fixed date for the game’s release at the moment, but shooter fans should definitely be looking forward to a four-way play option from the look of this. See for yourself.

Ubi’s put out a video of Armored Core For Answer, showing online co-op “for the first time in the Armored Core series,” apparently. Game’s out this month for PS3 and 360. Watch big robots go pew pew after the break.

THQ’s released another excellent trailer for Saints Row 2, showing drop-in online co-op gameplay and, obviously, pirates and ninjas. It’s out on PC, PS3 and 360 on October 14. Why would you not want this? After the break.

Both Gamespot and Eurogamer have posted hands-on impressions of Resident Evil 5. Read these: the game sounds brilliant. The two new movies we told you about earlier can be seen on Eurogamer TV, here and here. It’s all good, obviously.

Capcom has just demo’ed the first ever showing of how online co-op will work in Resident Evil 5. The game was shown in action at the Microsoft E3 press conference, with Chris Redfield and his female counterpart working together against the zombie hordes. Looked amazing, to be honest. Before we got to see anything really […]

Speaking to videogaming247, Chris Easton – Prince of Persia’s community development manager – has said that co-operative play in the upcoming action reboot may be explored. An earlier statement, given by producer Ben Mattes at the recent Ubidays event, said that there would no co-op in the game at all. “There are no plans for […]

Speaking to 1UP, Microsoft’s game director, Andre Vrignaud, has picked out three Xbox 360 titles he believes sport the greatest co-op-play in games. “Certainly, a lot of people at Microsoft are believers in co-op,” he said. “That can be seen throughout the organization, including the platform side and Microsoft Game Studios. I’d highlight Crackdown, Halo […]

According to this CVG piece, Far Cry 2′s single-player campaign is 50 hours long, but no co-op play will be included. “Just on single alone, gamers can potentially have close to 50 hours of game play,” said producer Louis-Pierre Pharand. “We decided to abandon [co-op] for this instalment simply because of the complexity and size […]

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Speaking to VG247 yesterday, Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux said that it was his “ambition” to include online co-op in Fable II in a first day patch, and that everything was “going well” to achieve the goal. “It is a very usual thing with anything to do with co-op and it relies upon the Live service,” […]

Oh dear. This isn’t going to go down well. This GamesScoreBlog post‘s confirmed that Fable II isn’t going to ship with online co-op, as promised. The feature’s going to be added at a later date as it’s still being “tweaked”. From the entry: We just got word that while we will be able to play […]

Activision’s released an official co-op trailer of Call of Duty: World at War, and it’s all looking just dandy from where we’re sitting. There’s no fixed date for the game’s release at the moment, but shooter fans should definitely be looking forward to a four-way play option from the look of this. See for yourself.

Ubi’s put out a video of Armored Core For Answer, showing online co-op “for the first time in the Armored Core series,” apparently. Game’s out this month for PS3 and 360. Watch big robots go pew pew after the break.

THQ’s released another excellent trailer for Saints Row 2, showing drop-in online co-op gameplay and, obviously, pirates and ninjas. It’s out on PC, PS3 and 360 on October 14. Why would you not want this? After the break.

Both Gamespot and Eurogamer have posted hands-on impressions of Resident Evil 5. Read these: the game sounds brilliant. The two new movies we told you about earlier can be seen on Eurogamer TV, here and here. It’s all good, obviously.

Capcom has just demo’ed the first ever showing of how online co-op will work in Resident Evil 5. The game was shown in action at the Microsoft E3 press conference, with Chris Redfield and his female counterpart working together against the zombie hordes. Looked amazing, to be honest. Before we got to see anything really […]

Speaking to videogaming247, Chris Easton – Prince of Persia’s community development manager – has said that co-operative play in the upcoming action reboot may be explored. An earlier statement, given by producer Ben Mattes at the recent Ubidays event, said that there would no co-op in the game at all. “There are no plans for […]

Speaking to 1UP, Microsoft’s game director, Andre Vrignaud, has picked out three Xbox 360 titles he believes sport the greatest co-op-play in games. “Certainly, a lot of people at Microsoft are believers in co-op,” he said. “That can be seen throughout the organization, including the platform side and Microsoft Game Studios. I’d highlight Crackdown, Halo […]

According to this CVG piece, Far Cry 2′s single-player campaign is 50 hours long, but no co-op play will be included. “Just on single alone, gamers can potentially have close to 50 hours of game play,” said producer Louis-Pierre Pharand. “We decided to abandon [co-op] for this instalment simply because of the complexity and size […]

Update: Looks as though the piece has been pulled. Can’t beat the internet, Capcom. Update 2: PS3F’s got more. Apparently the co-op’s drop-in, like Gears of War. There are some spoilers through there about the story as well, so don’t go if your hymen needs to stay intact. Thanks, Blerk. Oh daddy. According to this […]

Teh internets aren’t happy. Apparently co-op play in EA’s Army of Two is region-locked, so Europeans can’t play with Americans. The game’s instruction manual informs, “”NOTE: The online game modes in Army of Two are not cross region compatible and is only supported between PAL discs.” No reason’s been given for the move, but apparently […]

According to this, Lego Indiana Jones will have four-player co-op “on the console versions”, and will hit the US on June 3, a week before the release of the new Indiana Jones film. There’s loads of other stuff through that link, including details on the whip system for Wii and why the only difference between […]

A decent sized video of Haze co-op play here, and it’s all looking promising enough. There seem to be some fantastic particle effects going on from explosions and smoke grenades, and news that the entire campaign can be played through with four players should pique interest of many thirsting for a new, proper, buddy-buddy experience […]